Unit 2 Review Skills

Compare and contrast	Compare and Contrast - See two examples, find out about "flavors" of compare and contrast, then see strategies. Dig It! - Interactive story predicting the outcome.
Plurals	Irregular Noun Plurals - interactive quizzes Irregular Plurals - Choose the correct form of the plural for each noun Irregular Plurals - For each noun, type the plural form in the space. Irregular Plurals - Match the related words, singular to plural. Irregular Plurals - match related words, oes, os Irregular Plurals - type the correct plural
Digraphs	Circus Builder - Gather up acts for a three-ring circus by finding matching vowel sounds. Select the word that has the same vowel sound as the given word. Vowel Digraphs - Find the matching vowel sounds. Welcome to Alpine Ski Lodge - For each given word, you will be given a list of three words and asked to select the one with the same vowel sound as the letter pair (in red) in the given word.
Author’s purpose	Audience and Purpose - read a passage and answer ten multiple choice questions Author's purpose activity - This section includes a variety of activities designed to help you determine the author's purpose. Follow the directions on each screen and complete the activities Author's Purpose - lesson and practice Author's Purpose - read paragraphs and decide author's purpose Author's Purpose - online quiz with self checking
Main Idea	Understanding what you read - Online interactive tutorial and quiz What's the Big Idea - solve a riddle by answering questions about the main idea
Possessive nouns	Plural and Possessive Nouns - By clicking on a bubble, identify whether the highlighted word is a plural or possessive noun and then click on the "Submit Answer" button. The quiz is at the bottom of this page.
Main and helping verbs Action and linking verbs	Irregular Verbs - 6 exercises in the practice of this skill, interactive with handouts. Linking Verbs - identify types of verbs in this quiz Be - Verb usage online quiz Grammar Blast - Choose 5th grade and then select Verbs Power Proofreading - [verb practice] Choose 5th grade then select; Luke's Music Talk , Hilary's Hilarious Comedy Hour, Memo to Stump Humphrey Staff, Evening Weather Report, Olivia and Tutu, or any one of the mixed practice exercises. Parts of Speech - Decide what parts of speech should be used to fill out the blanks. Practicing past, present & future tenses - Tense Activity 1 | Tense Activity 2 | Tense Activity 3 Review Linking Verbs - Identify types of verbs in this online quiz
Subject Verb Agreement	Subject Verb Agreement - Skillwise - Excellent tutorial and corresponding game, worksheet and quiz Subject-verb Agreement - 6 exercises in the practice of this skill, interactive with handouts. Subject Verb Agreement - Grammar BYTES - scroll down to find this topic
Sequencing	Crickweb - Instruction Sequencing and story sequencing Ordering Lists and Instructions - NGFL - Online exercise and tutorial
General Grammar Resources - Must download but they are good reviews	Literacy Activity Builders - a variety of grammar interactives that you must first download then run. Good topics from NGFL

Visualize
Unfamiliar words
Sequence
Inferring
Story structure
Greek and latin roots
Monitor and clarify
Final syllables en an el le il
Background knowledge
S e ding endings